Individual Details

Miscellaneous

Spent her life as Head of Moreton Halls Girls School, along with her Quaker work which first took her to Spain in January 1937. In April 1938 the Spain Committee requested her and Mary Gee to investigate conditions amongst the victims of the war who had fled to southern France. The report which these two women filed testified graphically to the plight of Spaniards who had crossed the mountains at high altitudes and were living in squalor. They visited various towns to which these refugees had been sent and in their report lauded the efforts of French authorities to cope with the large and growing influx but noted that in most cases the uprooted Spaniards did not even have beds in which to sleep. Responding to an urgent plea for assistance, the Service Council in London made an emergency grant of £100, most of which was used to purchase textiles for the refugee women who were to make clothing for themselves.

Source: Birmingham Daily Gazette - 21 January 1937 p6. Liverpool Daily Post - 19 April 1937 p10. Liverpool Echo - 8 November 1947 p8. Birmingham Daily Post - 4 May 1973 p7. "Women's Voices from the SCW" by Jim Fyrth & Sally Alexander p220-221.

Miscellaneous

She was deeply involved in Quaker humanitarian efforts, particularly during the Spanish Civil War. Records show that her Quaker work began in Spain in January 1937. In April 1938, the Quaker Spain Committee sent her and Mary Gee to southern France to investigate and report on the living conditions of Spanish refugees fleeing the conflict. Alongside her faith-based humanitarian efforts.

Probate

Her effects were valued at £48961.